Physics Words ESOL Students

A force that works against forward motion thereby slowing down the object.

• Inertia

• Potential Energy

• Friction

• Gravity

An invisible force that attracts objects to one another (it is not love). It is also what keeps our feet on the ground.

• Inertia

• Kinetic Energy

• Friction

• Gravity

A surface where one side is higher than another.

• Angle

• Slope

• Gravity

• Friction

Energy that is stored in an object due to its position or conditon.

• Potential Energy

• Friction

• Kinetic Energy

• Uphill

The space between two intersecting lines or surfaces.

• Uphill

• Slope

• Angle

• Downhill

In an ascending direction up a slope.

• Angle

• Downhill

• Slope

• Uphill

Energy a body possess by being in motion.

• Kinetic Energy

• Potential Energy

• Gravity

• Inertia

Inertia is the tendency of objects in motion to stay in motion, and objects at rest to stay at rest, unless a force causes its speed or direction to change.

• Downhill

• Friction

• Gravity

• Inertia

To move towards the bottom of a slope.

• Uphill

• Slope

• Downhill

• Uphill